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The untold story of Edna Clarke: The ties that bind Kenyatta to the UK

Edna Grace Clarke Kenyatta (right) in 1971 Photo: Courtesy

Sandgate, three kilometres East of Torrington, in the beautiful wooded countryside with spectacular views of South Downs in England was where the future President of Kenya went to escape the vagaries of World War II.

The bracken and silver birches punctuating woods and farmlands made Jomo Kenyatta feel like he was in rural Ichaweri. No wonder he kept kienyeji chicken and cultivated vegetables and tomatoes.

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